My Own Scripts - Power Rangers Primal Fury

This is the premise for an original "Power Rangers" series that I'm working on, called "Power Rangers Primal Fury".

These Power Rangers are young martial artists who uses a fighting style based on the animal world, and they battle evil monsters by tapping into their inner animal spirits.

The reason why I've included this here, is because the Red Ranger, Sabrina, has the gorilla as her animal spirit, and therefore, she does beat her chest.

I hope you'll like this one.

Power Rangers Primal Fury - Premise

My Own Scripts - Kamen Rider Primal

Yesterday, I posted a short script on Deviantart.com. It's the premise for a fan fiction that I'm working on, called "Kamen Rider Primal".

Why do I include this here? Well, because the heroine of this story, Alice Rose, a.k.a. Kamen Rider Primal, is a chest beater. Yes, she does beat her chest, and that's because she's been infused with the DNA of the great mountain gorilla.

I hope you'll like it.

Kamen Rider Primal - Premise

Jungle Heart's Fame

This is just incredible, everybody.

Just a few moments after I posted my "My Little Pony" OC Jungle Heart on Deviantart.com, another member there asked me if she could do her own drawing of her. Of course, why wouldn't I let her? It just means that the character has already started to grow its own fanbase. Maybe this will be the big break that I've been waiting for.

Eh, anyway, thanks to Deviantart member hudgie, here you have a new and improved Jungle Heart.

I give my deepest thanks to you, hudgie.

Jungle Heart

My "My Little Pony" OC - Jungle Heart

This is an original character that I've made for a still untitled "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" spin-off that I'm working on.

Why do I bring this up here? Well, simply because she does beat her chest, of course. Hehe.

Her name is Jungle Heart, and I created her as a Pony-Tarzan.

If you want to know more about her, just click on the link here.

My Little Pony OC - Jungle Heart

Walt Disney Shorts - Mickey Mouse - 1937 - The Worm Turns

In the animated short "The Worm Turns", produced and released by Walt Disney Studios in 1937, Mickey Mouse is conducting some chemical experiments in his basement, and is trying to create a "Courage Builder" potion, which he then sprays on various creatures to give them the courage to face off against their natural predators. A little fly gets the courage to take on and defeating a spider. A mouse totally humiliates a cat, and the same cat then gets the courage to face Pluto, who then gets sprayed to take care of the dog catcher, Black Pete. Heck, Mickey even sprays a fire hydrant that Pluto stops to sniff at, at the end of the short. (I think you get the picture, right?! This short is just wackiness, at its best.)

But it is the little mouse that really is the reason why I'm writing here about this short. Because when it is in a corner, scared frozen by the cat, Mickey sprays the little guy with the Courage Builder, and after some comical "starting car engine" sound effects and funny wild takes, the little mouse is now so brave, that he roars like a big lion, after which, he beats his chest in complete and serious silence.

(This is actually my second favourite chest beating scene, after Bubba's Tarzan yell in the "Ducktales" episode "Ducks On The Lam".

I guess it has something to do with the fact that the mouse makes his lion roar before he starts to beat his chest, instead of doing it the traditional way and roar while he performs the chest beating. Or maybe it could also have something to do with the fact that this short was animated at a time in history, when softness was really becoming a standard in animation. Because if you run the chest beating scene in this short in slow motion, you will notice that the mouse's hands are actually sinking into the skin and flesh on his chest. In other words, his chest is not solid as a rock, but is rather plush toy soft, which, if you ask me, gives a much more powerful feel to his chest beating, which also conveys a very mighty and powerful attitude.

In short, this short is a classic and a masterpiece, on its own, but the short scene with the mouse's chest beating… That scene is a masterpiece in its own right. Well done, Disney!)

Missed Opportunity - Littlest Pet Shop (2012)

There are many reasons why I would like to call the animated TV series "Littlest Pet Shop" from 2012, produced by Hasbro Studios and DHX Media, a severe case of "Missed Opportunity!".

Firstly, the character of Minka Mark is a pink spider monkey, and I always looked forward to the day when she would erupt into some chest beating… Because she could have a temper, sometimes.

But there were some special episodes that I feel were true "Missed Opportunities". Like "What's So Scary About The Jungle? Everything!", the seventh episode of this series' third season. Here we had an episode that was all about gorillas, but still, we never got to see a single chest beat. Not even a little thump. I mean… Seriously?!

And then there was "Spendtrifty", the eight episode of this series' fourth season. Here Blythe gets a baby doll that is so realistic, that it cries unstop, and doesn't even have an off-switch. So when Blythe decides to leave it with the pets to take care of it while she's in school. The problem is that the baby doll never stops crying, and finally, Vinnie Terrio, the gecko, have a horrible daydream where the baby doll is King Kong, and he's in the roll of Fay Wray, while the other pets try to save him from the monster doll, at the top of Empire State Building.

Yes, this episode did include a King Kong spoof… And guess how much chest beating we got to see here?! Nothing! Absolutely nothing at all!

And then, finally, we have the last disappointing episode from this series. It's called "Snipmates", and is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of this series. In this episode, while Blythe is taking part in a fashion design contest, the pets are having some big troubles with Sugar Sprinkles, the otherwise sweet and very mellow cat, who for some reason is nothing but depressed and angry today. The pets soon discover that she is missing the sugar sprinkle pieces that usually sit on her head, and they deduce that her sudden aggressive behaviour is somehow connected to the sprinkles being gone, so they try to put new sprinkles on her head, which isn't quite so easy, when the cat in question has gone fully Hulk-mad.

Yes, Sugar Sprinkles does actually go full Hulk, and starts to smash everything in sight, even speaking and yelling "Sugar Sprinkles, SMASH!!!", in the same primitive, simple way as the Hulk.
The reason why I include this episode here, is that, ever since the Avengers movies and TV series, as well as the "Lego Marvel Super Heroes" video games, have all portrayed the Hulk as a chest beater, I have come to expect some chest beating when ever someone goes complete Hulk. But guess how much chest beating Sugar Sprinkles does in this episode?! None. Absolutely nothing. All she does is run around, slicing up any inanimate object that gets in her way, and attack all the other pets, like a wild tiger. But no chest beating, what so ever.

It really pains me to say this, because I really enjoyed this series. Actually, when "Transformers: Prime" finished its last season, in 2013, this show, along with "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" and "Sofia The First", were among the few modern TV series that I actually enjoyed following. But, as much as I liked this show, it did let me down when it comes to chest beating, by not including any, at all. I mean, seriously! When you have a show that features a lot of animals, it's somewhat unnatural not to include any chest beating. Hasbro Studios, DHX Media… You guys really managed to create a true "Missed Opportunity!" with this one. Let's just hope Hasbro Studios don't make the same mistake with the new "Littlest Pet Shop" series, which they are producing together with Boulder Media, scheduled for release this year, 2018. Hasbro Studios, get it right this time!

Missed Opportunities

If there is one thing that I hate in this world, it is when the writers build up expectations, and then don't deliver. You're familiar with this, right?! You think something is going to happen, but then it never does.

Now, that sort of thing always annoys me. And it especially annoys me, when it comes to chest beating. What I mean by that, is that I've sometimes come across movies or TV episodes that either features simians, or Tarzan-like characters, or takes place in a jungle, or just have a general animal/jungle theme, but then, they never include any chest beating, what so ever. And whenever I come across a movie or a TV episode, or even just a short clip, that appear to promise some good chest beating, but then doesn't deliver any, I always think to myself "Missed opportunity!".

The reason why I wanted to bring this up, is because I have recently decided to showcase some movies or TV series that I want to consider "Missed Opportunities", and hopefully let the writers and producers of those productions know how mad we chest beat lovers are for being let down like that.

So, with that said… Let's start the "Missed Opportunity"-Trials!

Deviantart Artwork - By Me - Rainbow Dash Going Into Battle

https://optimusv42.deviantart.com/art/Rainbow-Dash-Going-Into-Battle-738651074

I've also made this drawing, again using Muro, of Rainbow Dash from the "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" episode "Swarm Of the Century", when she beats her chest and yells like a warrior going into battle, before she sweeps up all of the Parasprites with a tornado.

I hope you'll enjoy it. I myself am not so pleased with how this one turned out.

Deviantart Artwork - By Me - Bubba's Tarzan Yell

https://optimusv42.deviantart.com/art/Bubba-s-Tarzan-Yell-738367173

I made this drawing of Bubba's Tarzan yell from the "Ducktales" episode "Ducks On The Lam", with the help of Muro, a drawing function at Deviantart.Com.

I hope you'll like it.

Ducktales "1987" - S01E64 - Ducky Horror Picture Show

In the Halloween episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" of "Ducktales", Scrooge McDuck opens up a new convention center in Duckburg, and although no one seems to believe in his ideas, he is intent on not letting this become his first ever business failure. But his problems only gets bigger when the first people to rent his convention center turns out to be actual classic movie monsters, who are also intent on making some progress in their struggle for "monster rights".

Since this episode is dedicated to classic movie monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Blob, and so on, it's of course only natural that there was going to be a parody on King Kong here as well. Because after the monsters check in at their hotel, namely Scrooge's mansion, a giant gorilla with a ping pong racket, appropriately named "Ping Kong", shows up, and when Scrooge gets terrified by the thought of this giant ape staying at his mansion, the monsters assure him that the ape will only hang out on top of the tallest building in the city. That calms Scrooge down, for a few seconds, until he realises that the tallest building in Duckburg is his very own money bin. So that gives us the full King Kong scenario, with the giant ape beating his chest at the top of the money bin.

Ping Kong performs two variations of chest beating throughout this episode. The single fist version…

And the classic alternating fist version. "If you ask me, this is the right version."

At the end of the episode, Scrooge strikes a deal with the monsters, which both parts will profit from. Namely a live monster show by the money bin. With Mrs. Beakley taking on the role of Fay Wray in a King Kong performance.

"This episode has such a splendid variety of jokes about monster movies, as well homages to the old classic black and white movies. And it's made even more perfect by Ping Kong's chest beating."

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - S07E15 - Triple Threat

In the "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" episode "Triple Threat", Spike The Dragon accidentally invites both Ember, the female Dragon Lord, and Thorax, the new leader of the Changelings, to the same event in Ponyville. And when Spike starts to think of how different they are, he automatically assumes that they will not like each other, and even begins to fear that they might declare war against each other. So when Ember and Thorax arrives, he tries to keep them away from each other as much as possible. But that plan gets an unexpected complication, when the Friendship Map summons him to solve a friendship problem, in Ponyville.

When Thorax and Ember finally meet, it's because of a simple misunderstanding. Thorax sees Ember yelling at Spike, and believes she's intent on hurting him. So, Thorax transforms into a big bear, and jumps in to defend Spike. And when Thorax changes into the bear, he stands up on his back legs, and beats his chest, to show that he means business.

"This scene has one kind of strange element to it. Namely the fact that Thorax performs a chest pound, even though bears don't do that. But, in all honesty, I don't really care, because he looks already so awesome as a bear, that the chest pounding just adds to his might."

"But I am still a bit disappointed in this episode, because Ember, the Dragon Lord, is the kind of girl whom you would expect to do a chest beat, in response to Thorax's challenge. And yet, she never does it. She just goes on to defend Spike, because she thinks Thorax is out to hurt him, and she does it without responding to Thorax in a similar manner. In short, a missed opportunity, if ever I saw one. Nice way to miss the goal, Hasbro."